Fun & Cute Card

So there's this sweet little boy we know who's having a birthday - so we were "just ridin' by" to say Happy Birthday GRANT!

He's turning five so he's still small enough for the trike but I loved the steering wheel and wheels by Tim Holtz. I also used the brown American Crafts ribbon to add just a touch more whimsy without going girly - hope you like it! The main background is GCD Studios.



Moxie Fab is having a card style challenge through Aug. 2 - you can go HERE for more details and to join in. If you gotta make a card anyway, why not?

Happy Saturday :)

If you just keep trying .....

you might actually win!!! I Did!!! The Giveaway's I've been telling you about - I won Day 3 - ME! - a giftcard to staples (which I will have to use online but who cares?) and a printable party pack for free! It's not too late, today is day 5 and it's a 50$ gift card to PAPER&CAKE and enter - open until midnight.

Off to crop!!!

See you tomorrow and I'll show some of the goodies I put together tonight:)

Giveaway Day Four:

Hey guys! I know You might be tired of this but it's giveaway day four and I get an extra comment for blogging about this (and also if you go buy and leave a comment and say I sent ya!) Sooo, go HERE and enter a comment for a chance to win - today it's a $50 gift card to Michaels and a printable party pack.

Good Luck!

What has kept me away you ask?

This kept me away! No it shouldn't have taken this long but having three children home for the summer makes anything take three times as long ( I love them but WOW!)

I have been inspired by all the crafty blogs to see what I could do and here is my first every piece of clothing sewn. Not to brag but I am SUPER proud of me - not that there aren't some ridiculously embarrassing incidents throughout this. I sewed things together wrong, wrongside out and any number of other things - let's just say, my newest and dearest friend is my seam-ripper!

In the end it's cute and Abbi LOVES it! Her exclamation was: "FINALLY, I get to wear a homemade outfit!" I'm gonna run with this train as long as she let's me since we all know that will end soon. Here she is posing - hee hee!


Here is the ruffle - she says it's her favorite part:)


And since I clearly don't know how to do button-holes yet, this pattern called for D-rings - which was great.


Sew, maybe you don't want to sew, but maybe do something else crafty today. Hope I inspired you and come back soon for some crafty posts.

Giveaway Day #3

So I told you yesterday about a give away and they have continuing today as well. GoHere and leave a comment to win a $50 staples gift card and a free printable party pack ($15 or so value)

Hope everyone is having a great week - Mine is busy but I guess that's to be expected gearing up for summer (and trying to learn to sew - real stuff!) Hopefully I'll have the lovely outfit ready to photo tonight and I'll blog about what's been holding me up all week from blogging (and just about everything else)

Give away fun!

So I ran across this really neat blog at the end of last week and they are doing a giveaway a day for this week. Today it's a $50 Michael's gift cart and a free printable party pack from Paper&Cake They have really neat stuff for parties/showers/fun decor! Check it out.

Something I Forgot (Imagine that!)

So apparently life exploded sometime the week after Braden's birthday party because I forgot to post about it - oops!

This year was his choice - Gymnastics Plus - which is a pretty fantastic deal (despite the sweaty gym smell-ha!) It's short, sweet, FUN, and over in a flash. So I wanted to make a fun cake since we didn't have a "theme" and I had seen this over here and fell in love. Of course, we modified it a bit.

Then we borrowed another friends cupcake stand and each child got their own cupcake.


We learned one very valuable lesson - LifeSaver's do melt in approx. less than 20 minutes when you live in Florida. Despite being stored previously in the fridge and only being in the car for the previously mentioned less than 20 min. My point, if you do this, put the LifeSavers on just prior to the party!

I linked this up here @ It's HodgePodge Life! They have such fun stuff to see - fun, funky, and practical - go check it out!

On to more exciting stuff - the Birthday Boy - being himself - hanging from the "monkey" bars!


This was a great pic - Trenton jumps the bar while stepping outside his "grown-up" self!

And this little cutie being a big girl - totally in her element! Running, jumping, twirling - are you kidding?

Even the big kid couldn't resist - pretty impressed though - don't think I could do it. Actually, I'm certain I would've been on my behind in two seconds flat!

Anything you can do, I can do better:)

I think he liked it?

TWENY BUCKS!!!!!

Sorry to be late, but how you enjoyed them anyhow.